Holding queer Indian lives in print, on record, in conversation

We preserve.
We publish.
We share.

Queer Ink works at the intersection of publishing and archives to preserve, publish and make accessible the stories, lives and histories of queer India.

Since 2010, we have published queer Indian writing and learnt from the lives behind it. Today, our work extends beyond books to archiving, a digital library and public knowledge exchange.

A stack of queer Indian books, including Out! Stories from the New Queer India, Yaraana, Boyfriend and Gulabi Baghi, beside a May–June 2001 issue of the Sangini newsletter and an old photograph of two women, on a Mumbai windowsill overlooking Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus.

Books that imagine and shape queer Indian lives and futures.

Preserving queer lives and histories through archives, publications and oral histories.

A growing catalogue of queer Indian books and archival material from across decades.

Connecting queer lives and stories through conversations, collaborations and shared knowledge.

Gloved hands lifting an old bound volume from a green metal trunk filled with papers and newsletters.

What we preserve matters.

Books can disappear. Websites can go offline. Personal papers can be discarded. Memories can be lost.

Queer Ink works to ensure that queer Indian lives, histories and knowledge remain available — for people today and for generations to come.

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A book, a letter, a photograph, a newsletter, a recording. If it holds a piece of queer Indian life, we would like to hear about it, and help it last.

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